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My classroom clock is stuck on 12 noon (and 15 seconds). If it read the real time, I might have the chance to be upset that I’m just sitting down to start working at 8:36pm–but I’m going to pretend that I’m stuck in time too and steal this moment to reflect. Tonight was my second…

My kid they call Dirty has been refusing to do any work for the past week or so, and I’ve been absolutely at a loss (as usual). I wrote him up one day for it, thinking maybe he just needed someone to coerce him into doing what’s best for himself… but it didn’t feel right…

I am so impressed with you today. This morning started out rocky in tutoring, but even though you came late, yelled at me, and told me I was explaining everything wrong and that’s why you were NEVER going to understand it, I could tell you were getting it. You tried so hard to leave, but…

From the beginning of the school year, Toothpik and my Fake ESL kid have been this blog’s examples of kids who don’t do anythingposter-children for the apathy that makes me grind my teeth at night. They’re the ones who leave class with nothing more or less than when they came in–handouts left untouched on the…

I cried last night, for what I think was the first time in 2011. That means I didn’t shed a single tear in the entire month of January. Whoa. Compared to 2010, let me tell you. My life is unrecognizable. I cried because I watched the movie “Precious,” and could think about nothing but my…

Ooooohhhhh Heavens! I just got a call from the brother of one of my students. I’ve been calling home (various numbers in various forms of disconnected-ness or no-longer-in-service-ness) basically every day since we got back from break, and multiple times before that. FINALLY, I HAVE CONTACT!!! Said student has done zero, zero, zero work, and…

If I’d been blogging during the last two weeks, you would have heard all about: – The day my Big Goal came to class and BLEW UP at me, big time. That was the angriest I’ve ever seen anyone. – The day I (finally) wrote a kid up for throwing things around my room, to…

1st period was okay, I think. It may have been good, even; I don’t remember. 3rd period is usually really fun, and today they were just crazy and non-responsive and I went all angry-teacher on them, which didn’t work, of course. And then 5th period was the same (because it’s comprised basically of everyone in…